Existence of nontrivial solutions for a system of fractional advection-dispersion equations (Q2314648)

The authors consider a system of symmetric fractional equations of the form: \[\begin{gathered} \frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{1}{2}(_0\mathcal D_t^{-\beta_i}u_i')(t)+\frac{1}{2} (_t\mathcal D_T^{-\beta_i}u_i')(t)\right)+F'_{u_i}(t,u_1(t),\dots,u_n(t))=0 \quad a.e.\quad t\in [0,T], \\ u_i(0)=u_i(T)=0 \end{gathered}\] for \(1\leq i \leq n\), \(0\leq \beta _i <1\), and \(_0\mathcal{D}_t^{-\beta_i}\), \(_t\mathcal{D}_T^{-\beta_i}\) are the left and right Riemann-Liouville fractional integrals, respectively. \(F:[0,T]\times \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n \) is a Caratheodory-type function. Some conditions on \(F\) are given which guarantee the existence of a non-trivial solution. The main tool is a critical point theorem by \textit{G. Bonanno} and \textit{G. D'Aguí} [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl., Ser. A, Theory Methods 72, No. 3--4, 1977--1982 (2010; Zbl 1200.34020)].